Cremated bones

Burnt and fragmented remains of humans, horses, dogs, pigs, cats, and birds as well as bear claws. The latter provide a trace of a bear pelt which the deceased were laid on or wrapped in before the funeral pyre was lit. Grave find, Klinta, Köping Parish, Öland.

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